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Original Article

Kinetics of Chromatid Aberrations in G2 Ataxia-telangiectasia Cells Exposed to X-rays and Ara A

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Pages 71-84 | Received 06 May 1988, Accepted 01 Sep 1988, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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